SAM #15B41226Q00000007

FMC Rochester Solicitation for Bulk Food Products (FY27 1st Quarter)

FMC Rochester is seeking a wide range of food products for institutional use in the first quarter of FY27. - Government Buyer: - Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center (FMC) Rochester, Minnesota - Products Requested: - Meats: beef (ground, patties, roast), fish fillets (Tilapia, Cod, Haddock, Flounder), pork roast, turkey roast - Cheeses: cheddar (shredded, frozen), mozzarella (shredded, IQF) - Margarine (bulk, all vegetable), shortening (general purpose) - Beans: black, garbanzo (canned), great northern, kidney/red, navy, pinto - Vegetables: beets, carrots, corn, green beans, mixed vegetables, mushrooms, spinach, peas (all canned) - Cereals: wheat bran flakes, rolled oats, hominy grits - Pasta: elbow macaroni, spaghetti - Rice: long grain milled, parboiled - Oils: salad/vegetable (canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, soybean, sesame, sunflower) - Taco shells (corn, U-shaped), tortilla chips (corn), wheat tortillas (10 inch) - Tomato paste, diced tomatoes (canned) - Salad dressing (Caesar), lime juice (reconstituted) - Quantities: - Range from dozens of cases (e.g., canned vegetables) to thousands of pounds (e.g., meats, beans, rice) and tens of thousands of units (e.g., taco shells, tortillas) - Unique/Notable Requirements: - All products must meet strict USDA and FDA standards, with specific packaging and labeling - Delivery required within 30 days of order placement, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM (excluding federal holidays) - Temperature controls for perishables and frozen items - No substitutions allowed; adherence to National Specifications for food - Some frozen items delivered to contract freezer company (MCS LLC) - Past performance is a significant evaluation factor - Government may award by line item or in aggregate; credit card orders for items under $15,000 - OEMs: - No specific OEMs or manufacturers are named; products must comply with USDA/FDA standards - Vendors: - No specific vendors are named; open to qualified suppliers meeting requirements

Description

Dear Vendor: Enclosed is a solicitation package prepared by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, Contracting Officer for the acquisition of various subsistence products. This package contains all the necessary information for submitting a request for quote for evaluation. In submitting the request for quote, vendors should consider all information provided herein. Please carefully follow all instructions located in the solicitation package concerning the content, format and submission of your quote. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to date information about this solicitation. Offerors should include their Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number in their offers. The Contracting Officer will verify registration in the SAM database prior to award by entering the potential awardees’ UEI number into the SAM database. Delivery times are 8:00am to 11am and 12pm to - 2:30pm CST except on federal holidays; no reservations are needed for delivery. Please call 507-424-7323 for any issues concerning delivery. Any deliveries not made within 4 weeks of award will be canceled and awarded to the next lowest bidder.  Note that some frozen items will be identified in the line item as going to our contract freezer company.  Our contract freezer is MCS LLC.  The address is 7447 Dresser Drive NE Rochester, MN 55934. Contact # is Mike McGuire at 507-251-3863.

The freezer contact requests a 24hr notice prior to deliveries and his delivery hours are 9:30am to 3:30pm. The email is minnesotacoldstorage@gmail.com. The Government intends to make multiple fixed price awards to the offerors (bidders) offering the lowest price and who conform to all requirements of the solicitation. Individual credit card orders will be issued for all orders under $15,000 and purchase orders will be issued for orders over $15,000.  The Government reserves the right to award by line item or in aggregate.    Each offeror/bidder shall carefully read and review each line item offered for bid, paying close attention to the size of the container, description and number of units of issue, etc., requested prior to offering your price.  No line item substitutions are accepted.  All line items must adhere to the National Specifications for food set forth by Central Office.  Bulk dry goods are required to be in 50lb bags or smaller.   Any items deemed non-conforming will be refused and shipped back at the vendor's expense. Per FAR 12.206 Past performance will be used in determining awards for this solicitation.  In accordance with FAR 15.304 (c)(5)(e) past performance will be valued (1) Significantly more important than cost or price.

Include page 1 of the RFQ signed and only the pages that you are bidding on in the attached bid sheet.       Offers shall be received on or before the deadline of Aug 27, 2026 @5:00 PM. Central Standard Time, via email.

  Greg Visser, Contract Specialist FMC Rochester 2110 E Center St Rochester, MN 55904 Email: gvisser@bop.gov

Please do not submit quotes to any location other than the one listed above. Quotes received after the deadline will not be considered

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